1883 in paleontology

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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.^[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1883.

Plants[]

Angiosperms[]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Type locality	Location	Notes	Images
Porana speirii^[2]	Sp nov	jr synonym	Lesquereux	late Eocene	Florissant Formation	United States Colorado	A mallow relative. moved to Holmskioldia speirii (1953)	Florissantia speirii

Dinosaurs[]

Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Craspedodon	Valid	Dollo
Orthomerus	Nomen dubium	Harry Govier Seeley		Possible subjective synonym of Telmatosaurus.

Plesiosaurs[]

New taxa[]

Name	Status	Authors		Notes
Luetkesaurus	Valid	Kiprijanoff

References[]

^ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
^ Manchester, S.R. (1992). "Flowers, fruits and pollen of Florissantia, an extinct malvalean genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America". American Journal of Botany. 79 (9): 996–1008. doi:10.2307/2444909. JSTOR 2444909.

[1] Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.

[Manchester1992-2] Manchester, S.R. (1992). "Flowers, fruits and pollen of Florissantia, an extinct malvalean genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America". American Journal of Botany. 79 (9): 996–1008. doi:10.2307/2444909. JSTOR 2444909.

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